noun
delegated legislation
A legal term referring to laws or regulations made by an authority to which legislative power has been delegated by a higher legislative body.
委任立法は、国会から行政機関に立法権が委任されることで成立する。
Delegated legislation is established when legislative power is delegated from the Diet to an administrative agency.
Compound of 委任 (inin, 'delegation') and 立法 (rippō, 'legislation').